Word: basics
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...diplomatic kids" and, of course, the athletes. My response is simple. Some people do get into Harvard for reasons, in part, other than their brains, but this, of course, is because no one gets into Harvard just because of their brains. We sometimes forget that Harvard does set basic requirements for anyone who wants to get in. When it comes to academics, those requirements are very high, and no one--let me repeat that--no one gets in who can't meet them...
Some changes are even more basic, like the one instructing the chair of the meeting to "repeat the motion on the floor to make sure all members know what is being discussed/voted...
...basic point about advertising to an adult is that we believe that adults are free and capable of choosing," he said. "We are believed to be capable of making an independent choice and we don't need protection from advertising...
...hope to make a zillion bucks quick," says Cornell's Sims. "And they're more recently out of studying in student unions, where they're used to screening out distractions." For the not-so-young, the open office can be hellish, especially when it gives no quarter to basic needs like privacy and quiet...
Ehud Barak can't make peace if he's not in power, but he can't stay in power if he continues to make peace. That basic dilemma explains the Israeli prime minister's decision over the weekend to flash-freeze the process and even moot plans to fence off the Palestinians into Israel's own idea of what their mini-state ought to look like. The suggestion may have prompted Yasser Arafat to tell the media that Barak could "go to hell," but the Israeli leader's reconciliation efforts right now are directed not at the Palestinians...